The moon sets 4:43 p.m. today, rises 2:51
a.m. Thursday. It is four days after the last quarter.

100 years ago today

1913: Old wounds have healed:
"Gettysburg (AP) — Many
of the men who expect to leave tomorrow paid their farewell calls today to the
men of the other army they have come to know in the days they have been here.
There was no doubt that in the minds of the men who have gathered here that the
war has ceased to be a source of hatred and rancor. One of the events of today
was the 'charge' of the survivors of Pickett's division on the bloody angle
held by the remnants of the Philadelphia
brigade. Under a hot sun the men in Gray marched across the field that has not
seen anything more warlike than a black snake in 50 years, up to the walls that
form the angle. The 'enemy' in Blue was waiting with weapons ready and when
they met across the wall they shook hands."

50 years ago today

1963: Weighty situation: "Wooden
floors in the fire hall section of the Pen
Argyl Town Hall
were not built to carry the weight of the Lookout Volunteer Fire Co. equipment,
and the condition of the floor is getting worse, Pen Argyl Borough Council was
informed last night. The Middle Board of Fire Underwriters inspectors visited
the fire hall and estimated the weight of the fire equipment at 25,000 pounds,
with 67 percent resting on the rear axles. The councilmen decided to have the
property committee meet with the fire company building committee to work out a
possible floor plan for a proposed new building."

25 years ago today

1988: Witness to history: "Gettysburg
(AP) — Where Union and
Confederate troops stood locked in mortal combat 125 years ago, northern and
southern politicians shook hands, smiled for the cameras and promised to
remember but not repeat the past. About 6,000 visitors witnessed the ceremony
at The Angle, a low-slung stone wall that Confederate troops tried to cross on July
3, 1863, the final day of the Civil War's Battle of
Gettysburg. Union troops rebuffed the southern forces in what history remembers
as Pickett's Charge, but not before heavy casualties in what was often
hand-to-hand combat along the wall. Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey
contributed a U.S.
flag to the Gettysburg Museum
that was made in Philadelphia and
flew over the national cemetery at Gettysburg
when President Lincoln dedicated it in November 1863."

Quote of the day

"A timid person is frightened before a danger; a coward
during the time; and a courageous person afterward." — Jean Paul Richter,
German author (1763-1825).